When you become fluent with language, it means you can write an entry in your journal or tell a joke to someone or write a letter to a friend. And it’s similar with new technologies. Mitchel Resnick Read Quote
As I see it, whoever’s doing the inventing is also doing most of the learning – and probably having most of the fun. Mitchel Resnick Read Quote
I’m pretty skeptical about a lot of the toys on the market, especially for young kids. Most of them just add these new technologies just to make more flashing lights. Mitchel Resnick Read Quote
I became interested in educational technologies because I believe that they have the potential to transform how we practice and think about education and learning. Mitchel Resnick Read Quote
What I like to say is that we’re trying to develop a new generation of technologies that are worthy of the next generation of kids. Mitchel Resnick Read Quote
Our society expects that everyone should learn to write, even though very few become professional writers. Similarly, I think that everyone should learn how to program, even though very few will become professional programmers. Mitchel Resnick Read Quote
When you learn to read and write, it opens up opportunities for you to learn so many other things. When you learn to read, you can then read to learn. And it’s the same thing with coding. If you learn to code, you can code to learn. Now some of the things you can learn are sort of obvious. You learn more about how computers work. Mitchel Resnick Read Quote
I started my career as a journalist, writing about science and technology for ‘Business Week’ magazine. Then I decided to make a career shift. I went to graduate school in computer science, and I began developing educational technologies – in particular, technologies to engage children in creative learning experiences. Mitchel Resnick Read Quote
